National Republican., 1887-10-31

to-day. The congregation sang
Awake, my soul. stretch every nerve,
And press with vigor on"
The Rev. I. De Witt Talmage, D. D.,
preached on the subject, Defense of Young
Mem" and took his text from IL Kings, vi, II
"And the Lord opened the eyes of the young
man" He said:
One morning In Dothan a young theological
student was scared by finding himself and
'ElishK the prophet, upon whom he waited,
surrounded by whole army Of enemies. But
venerable Elisha was not scared at all, because
he saw the mountains full of defense for him,
in chariots made out OF fire, wheels of FIRE,
dashboard of fire, and cushion OF fire, drawn
by horses with nostrils Of fire, aud mane OF
FIRE, and launches of fire, and hoois OF
fire-a supernatural appearance that could not
be seen with the natural eye. SO the old min
ter prayed that the young minister might see
the Lord opened the eyes OF the young man.
and he also saw the fiery procession, looking
tomewhat, suppose. like the Adirondacks or
the Aleghanies In this autumnal resplond-
Many young men, standing among the most
tremendous realities, have tneir eyes half shut
sermon may open wide your eyes TO your safety,
your opportunity, and your destiny.
A mighty defense for a young man Is a good
home. Some OF my hearers look back with
tender satisfaction to their early home. IL
may have been rude aud rustic, hidden among
the hills, and architect or upholsterer never
princely walls never looked so euticing to you
MS those rough.hewn rafters. You can think
of no park or arbor OF trees planted on
fashionable country seat 50 attractive as the
plain brook that ran in front of the old farm
house and sang under the weeping willows.
No barred gateway, adorned with statue OF
In full dress, has half the glory OF the swing
gate. Many OF you have a second dwelling
place your SS9ea yo hqi 1bs 'g rs y .ma
altar. There your children were born. All
those trees you planted. That room is solemn,
e Wss Of ea Tndr sas that roof you sx
pect when your work Is done to lie down and
die; You Try, with many words TO tell the ex.
S sspSy oe Of ro s Ss gs hs faere
scribe your meaning. It is home
Now, declare i, that young man is com;
WITH charm si ike Mn this SUP upon Y him % The MEM
ory of parental sollcitude, watching, planning
and praying, will be to him a shield and a
his early and adopted homo who
10 any gross form Of dissipation @ Or
chiefly from outside association, rather than
from the more quiet and unpresumng pleas
ures Of which have spoken, may be suspected
spised his fathers house, and you know his
history of sin and his death of shame. If
you seem unnecessarily isolated from your
kindred and former associates is there notsome
room that you can call your own2 Into 1t
gather books. aud pictures, and harp Have
portrait over the mantel. Make ungodly
mirth stand back from the threshold. Conse-
crate some spot with the knee Of prayer. BY
the memory of other days, q fathers counsel,
and 4 mothers love, and sisters confidence,
Anotnerdefense for syoung man is industrl-
-oEs nnbit. Many young men, In starting upon
life in this age, expect to make their way
rather than the toll of their hands, child
now goes to the city and fails twice before he
Is as old as, his father was when he first saw
the spires OF the great town. Sitting In some
Office rented at thousand dollars a year, he
is waiting for the bank to declare Its dividend,
or goes into the market expecting before night
to be made rich by the rushing up OF the
stocks. But luck seemed so dun he resolved on
some other tack. Perhaps he borrowed
from his employers money drawer, and
lie purpose Of improving his .penmanshlp
makes a copy; plate Of a merchants signature;
night there may com0 In his dreams vision
OF Blackwells Island or OF Sing Sing but 1t
soon vanishes. In q short time he will be
his fiocks and herds culture the domestic vir-
tues. Then those young men who once were
his schoolmates. and knew no better than to
engage in honest work, will come with their
OK teams TO draw him logs, and with their
hard hands help heave up his castle. This Is
no fancy picture. tits everyday life. ! should
that beautiful palace, should not wonder If
dire sicknesses should smite through the young
man, or If God should pour ~ into
with unhearable agony. l should no. wonder
il his children should become TO him q living
curse, making his home pest and disgrace.
should OF wonder II he goes to miserable
grave, and beyond 1t into the, gnashing OF
teeth. The way of the ungody shall perish,
My young friends, there is no way to genuine
success, except through toll either of the head
or hand. At the battle of Crecy, in 1916, the
Prince of Wales, finding himself heavily
pressed by the enemy, sent word to his father
fnr hpl al
winomill and seeing that his son was not
wounded and could gain the day II he would,
sent word; mo, VIII not come; Let the boy
day be his with all Its honors." Young man,
fight your own battle all through, and you
shall have the victory: On y ~ Is @ battle worth i
Charles V and Francis and the stakes were
Kingdoms, Milan and Burgundy. You fight
with sin. ard the stake is heaven or hell.
Do not get the fatal idea that you are a
genius, aud that therefore there is no need of
close application. 1t here where multitudes
ia The great Gurss 81 ms age Is tne genldses
and nothing else; had rather be an OK than
and eagle; plain, and podding. and useful
rather than high Lying and good Tor nothing
ordinary capacity without use Is extraordinary
failure. There Is no hope 3or that person who
begins e res9lvea m ha 70 ve 1y MS wits mo iSr lnS
Tor Adam, even in his unfallcn state, to have
nothing to do, and, therefore, God commanded
him to be farmer arsss and hSrtsSugst pSG
keep it, and had he and his wife obeyed the
divine injunction and been at work, they
trees and hungering after that fruit which de-
stroyed them ana their posterity; proof positive
for all ages to come that those who do not at
ehiet. i do not know that the prodigal in
Scripture would ever have been reclaimed had
he not given up his idle habits and gone 70
tson sugsard consider her ways So and be V WISE ds
which having no overseer or guide proyideth
her food in the summer and gathereth her
meat in the harvest" The devil does
not so often attack the man who Is busy with
the pen, and the book, and the trowel, and the
saw, and the hammer. He is afraid OF those
weapons. But woe to that man whom this
roaring lion meets with his hands In his
pockets. Do not demand that your toll always
be elegant and cleanly and refined. There Is
we must all pass, whatever be our occupation
You know how men are sentonced-a certain
number TO years OF prison, and, after they
have suffered ana worked ouL the time, then
they are allowed to go free. Aud so II is with
all ofus. God passed on us the sentence, "By
the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eal
bread" We must endure our time OF drudgery
and then, after while, we will be allowed 4
80 into comparative liberty. We must be will
ling to endure the sentence. We. all know
what drudRery is connected with the begin
ning OF any trade or profession, but this does
not continue all our lives, ifit be the students
or the merchants, or the mechanics life.
KNOW you nave hi inc pes'upiub nauy hnhIu
time, but after awhile these things will become
easy. You will be your own master. Gods sen
tence will be satisfied. You will be discharged
from prison. Bless God that you have brain e
think, and hands to work, and feet to wall
with, for in your constant activity, oh, younl
man, is one of your strongest delenses. Put
your trust In God and do your level best
That child had 1t right when the horses rar
away with the load of wood aud he sat upo
IT,. When asked II he was frightened he said
mo, ! prayed to God aud hung on like
Again, profound respect for the Sabbath will
be TO the young man powerful preseryatiyC
against evil. God has thrust into the toll anC
fatigue of life reCreative DAY, when the sou
is especially to be fed. II Is no new tangled
notion OF wlld-brained reformer, but an In
stitutiOn established at the beginning. God